# HG changeset patch # User Richard M. Stallman # Date 776141902 0 # Node ID c88361c3b940e78785418601f5a899b873884368 # Parent 5fd799a9946ea315d110b7b7ddc6d5c5caec334e (Info-directory-list): Doc fix. diff -r 5fd799a9946e -r c88361c3b940 lisp/info.el --- a/lisp/info.el Fri Aug 05 19:31:42 1994 +0000 +++ b/lisp/info.el Sat Aug 06 02:58:22 1994 +0000 @@ -84,8 +84,11 @@ if there is no INFOPATH variable in the environment. The last element of `Info-default-directory-list' is the directory where Emacs installs the Info files that come with it. -If Emacs finds it has been installed elsewhere, or not yet installed, -it replaces that element with the directory that its Info files are in.") + +If you run the Emacs executable from the `src' directory in the Emacs +source tree, the `info' directory in the source tree is used as the last +element, in place of the installation Info directory. This is useful +when you run a version of Emacs without installing it.") (defvar Info-current-file nil "Info file that Info is now looking at, or nil.")